Supply Chain Management
Ruslan Ts
BBA323SUPPLYCHAINMANAGEMENTLuisPetrosAssessmentV2.docxBBA 323 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Task brief & rubrics
Resit Exam
The task is individual The deliverable has to be a report (of about 2,500 and 3,000 words) The report has to be delivered in Turnitin Harvard Referencing System has to be used. Date: 10th – 21st of May, 23:59 CEST
You have recently appointed as a Supply Chain Management for NIKE. As your first task you need to present to the Board of Directors a report on the some key issues for your Supply Chain Strategy and more specifically on the following topics:
1. Describe the logistics value proposition. Be specific regarding specific customer accommodation and cost for your organization
2. Discuss availability in logistics customer service and provide examples of the different ways to monitor a firm's performance in availability.
3. Explain how the risk related to inventory compare among manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers
4. Discuss how NIKE's marketing strategy impact its decisions regarding the appropriate manufacturing strategy.
5. Identify and discuss the major forecast components for NIKE and explain why is it important to decompose demand into these components when developing new forecasts in the future
6. Discuss the relationship between service level, uncertainty, safety stock,and order quantity for your organization and how relevant trade-offs between these elements can be made.
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Exceptional 90-100 |
Good 80-89 |
Fair 70-79 |
Fail <70 |
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Knowledge & understanding (20%) |
Student demonstrates clear understanding of the Supply Chain Management concepts involved in the discussion questions; Provide relevant examples from Corporate world to establish a connection between practice and theory; Free of grammatical or stylistic errors |
Student demonstrates fair understanding of the Supply Chain Management concepts involved in the discussion questions; Provide few examples from Corporate world to establish a connection between practice and theory; Few grammatical or stylistic errors. |
Student demonstrates few, if any new ideas or connections; summarize other postings; Several grammatical or stylistic errors. |
Student demonstrates little or no awareness of key concepts required in the discussion questions; Obvious grammatical or stylistic errors |
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Critical evaluation (30%) |
Student comments significantly add to the learning process; demonstrates higher level of critical thinking-analysis, synthesis& evaluation. |
Student comments add to the learning process; demonstrates moderate level of critical thinking analysis, synthesis& evaluation. |
Generally competent; information is average doesn’t add to the continuous learning process; grammatical or stylistic errors interfere with the content. |
No new ideas are presented; Usually have “I agree with…” statement; makes understanding impossible. |
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Written Communication (20%) |
Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely. Able to connect theory with the case study, comments are focused and concise. |
Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely. Able to connect with the case study but lack depth and/or detail. |
Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. Limited, if any connections with the case study; vague generalities |
Student fails to communicate their ideas clearly and concisely. No connections are generated between theory and the case study; comments are off topic |
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Synthesis (30%) |
Student synthesizes the content of their writing with exceptional clarity and concision |
Student synthesizes the content of their writing with some clarity and concision |
Student synthesizes the content of their writing, although work lacks clarity and/or concision |
Student makes an insufficient attempt to synthesize, with a lack of clarity and concision. |
